MAKING A MULTI MODAL POETRY PRESENTATION READING, APPRECIATING, UNDERSTANDING, PRESENTING AND TEACHING POETRY…AND MAYBE LOVING IT, TOO?


Billy Collins - Introduction To Poetry

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hoseto find out what it really means.


“THE VALUE OF POETRY LIES IN YOUR OWN RESPONSE – YOUR PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POEM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT”

“I’M NOT FEELING VERY WELL. I CAN ONLY WRITE PROSE TODAY” W.B.YEATS

OBJECTIVES
Present a poem - analyze the poem - present the poet

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I CAN


NOT YET




YES




I can introduce the poem
(The poem is written by..., in....)
















I can retell the poem in my own words















I can present the poem through a multimodal presentation
(Power Point, Impress, Photo Story, Movie Maker, Glogster, You Tube video, Blog post, Mp3 file, etc.)















I can explain the choices I made when making the presentation
(the montage - the choice of images, fonts,music,transitions, recordings, etc)















I can discuss one or more themes in the poem
( What is the message of this poem and how does it relate to the world today?)















I can name some other poems by the same poet or from the same literary period














I can use a vocabulary related to poetry and poetry analysis






















I can express my own views on poetry in general














I can name a favorite poem















EXAMPLES OF MULTI MODAL PRESENTATIONS:

Glog






Action poetry

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